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Accord offers £500 cashback to remortgaging landlords

Accord is adding £500 cashback to eight remortgage buy-to-let loans. Deals include a 2.44% five-year fix...

New FCA chair appointed

Charles Randell CBE has been appointed as the new Chair of the Financial Conduct...

How The Premier League Became A Dream Destination For Young Brazilians

Dropcap the popularization of the “ideal measure” has led to advice such as “Increase...

Daily financial worries cause of stress for millions

Over 13.8 million people (28.8%) say daily money worries are their main cause of...

Co-op Insurance apprenticeship scheme boosts growth strategy

Co-op Insurance has taken on 25 new apprentices, including students from the Co-op Academies...

SME bosses optimistic about funding outlook

75% of of SMEs, representing 4.13 million small and medium sized businesses across the...

Octane Capital hires senior credit manager

Graham Macaulay has joined Octane Capital as senior credit manager. Macaulay (pictured) joins from Octopus...

Ingard expands conveyancing panel

Mortgage network Ingard has added GWlegal (formerly Goldsmith Williams) to its approved panel of...

LendInvest’s lending up 33% year-on-year

LendInvest lent £500 million to help professional property investors, developers and landlords buy, build or...

Platform lowers rates on all 90% LTV deals

Platform has cut rates on all 90% LTV mortgages across two, three and five...

Nike Invented Self-Lacing Sneakers Because the Future Is Now

Intro text we refine our methods of responsive web design, we’ve increasingly focused on...

House prices rose by 2.6% in 2017

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth ended the year...

Stamp duty changes boost millennial deposit hopes

58% of millennials currently saving for a house deposit are more confident in their...

Gatehouse Bank adopts Apprivo2 system

BEP Systems has revealed that Gatehouse Bank has become the latest organisation to use...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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